I successfully watched the first episode of Cosmos last night without a single hiccup. Looks like the cable box is going back this afternoon. I'm so happy to finally be getting rid of that POS. Now that XFinity VoD is available, the Premiere and Roamio truly deliver on the original promise of CableCARDS to free us from the shackles of the MSO's equipment. As far as I can see, there is virtually no downside to ditching the Comcast box.

I'm in Kennesaw. TiVo.com says it's available now (when I checked yesterday morning it wasn't). Will look again.

I've heard that Comcast has to have a TiVo Premiere billing code on your account in order for OnDemand to show up.

Update: working great here. Just checked it this morning.

I'm with Comcast in the north Atlanta suburbs as well (Cumming area).
Has this rolled out EVERYWHERE in the Atlanta? I signed up months ago with my zip and they said I would be contacted when it becomes available. Will I first get an email about it or is it just ready in my area? Do I have to do the billing code thing as well?

I'm with Comcast in the north Atlanta suburbs as well (Cumming area).
Has this rolled out EVERYWHERE in the Atlanta? I signed up months ago with my zip and they said I would be contacted when it becomes available. Will I first get an email about it or is it just ready in my area? Do I have to do the billing code thing as well?

i signed up for the email notification two years ago at tivo.com and haven't seen one yet - xfinity vod just appeared in the tivo menu yesterday.

to check if you have a premiere billing code, log into comcast.net, go into services, and look for your cable card in the list under the xfinity tab - the make and model should show "tivo premiere". if it shows premiere and is still not working, call the tivo cable card dept, and they'll help get you going.

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i signed up for the email notification two years ago at tivo.com and haven't seen one yet - xfinity vod just appeared in the tivo menu yesterday.

to check if you have a premiere billing code, log into comcast.net, go into services, and look for your cable card in the list under the xfinity tab - the make and model should show "tivo premiere". if it shows premiere and is still not working, call the tivo cable card dept, and they'll help get you going.

Ok, I found the TiVo page that lets you put in your zip. I put mine in (30041) and it says its available. Will have to try your suggestions and see if I can get it going on 3 of my premieres.

I have a TiVo Mini too (linked with a 4-tuner Premiere as the hose). Assuming it will work on this too, correct?

i signed up for the email notification two years ago at tivo.com and haven't seen one yet - xfinity vod just appeared in the tivo menu yesterday.

to check if you have a premiere billing code, log into comcast.net, go into services, and look for your cable card in the list under the xfinity tab - the make and model should show "tivo premiere". if it shows premiere and is still not working, call the tivo cable card dept, and they'll help get you going.

I checked the web page every week or so and it always said XOD was not available. When I saw that it showed up one day in 'My shows', I checked the web page again and it now said it was available. I didn't get the email for another week.

Just picked up a cableCARD from my local Comcast office (west side of ATL), and when activating it, the rep confirmed they'd already set the TiVo Premier flag on the account.

I had to go through guided setup again once I installed and activated the card, but overall a pretty painless experience overall. In process of adding another few Mini to the house, but looking forward to returning the rest of my rental boxes and hardware.

HOLY Cow. I have it. UNBELIEVEABLE. I just noticed it in my TiVO menus for my Premieres. Its even on my Mini. Tried it and it works great. I never thought I would see the day. I guess I will be hanging on to cable a little longer than I thought.

Yea, just started working for me last night too. Is there now really ANY reason to get a crappy Comcast DVR box? I can't think of any right now.

I have none and don't plan on getting one. Combine that with the fact that I am only getting charged $1.50 for each of my Comcast cable cards (4 of them) and I can't see why ANYONE would choose an X1 cable box that are supposedly running about $10-15/month for EACH box.

All my TiVos are lifetime, but even if they weren't, I'd still rather pay about $10-13/month for a TiVo subscription over Comcrap's equipment. Highway robbery for an inferior product by Comcast if you ask me.

So here in middle TN, my Xfinity icon has showed up....video begins to play and freezes in 6 seconds....yes I've read all the forums. Don't get me started...billing codes verified and after 18 hours total in the past two days, I had the local Murfreesboro service center arguing with Comcast Cable Card activation over speakerphone. CC dept says the cards are inventoried as cable boxes, not cards. The service center denies this saying they are assigned to my account as Tivo Cable cards and the issue is with cable card support. Customer left hanging in the breeze. NAtional Comcast repair verifies that my cable cards are in the system as cable boxes and not cards. Yet the local office is not having it.....conferenced them and they argued.

bottom line, the local office even went so far to say Tivo is not allowed on their systems then of course corrected themselves, then said on Demand will NEVER be on cable cards or TiVo. I directed them to the TiVo/Comcast partnership site advertising the feature - they said the site was hacked.

Don't expect Xfinity On Demand in Middle TN.....they don't even know how to catch the bus to work, let alone provision your equipment. I told them I have the icon, I can scroll the menus.....they laughed and said it was not possible. I reacted by requesting 25 cable cards and cleaned them out. I'll hold them for a few days to prevent any other person being subjected to this until Corporate support calls me back Monday. Once fixed I'll return the 24 cards for credit to the account.

So here in middle TN, my Xfinity icon has showed up....video begins to play and freezes in 6 seconds....yes I've read all the forums. Don't get me started...billing codes verified and after 18 hours total in the past two days, I had the local Murfreesboro service center arguing with Comcast Cable Card activation over speakerphone. CC dept says the cards are inventoried as cable boxes, not cards. The service center denies this saying they are assigned to my account as Tivo Cable cards and the issue is with cable card support. Customer left hanging in the breeze. NAtional Comcast repair verifies that my cable cards are in the system as cable boxes and not cards. Yet the local office is not having it.....conferenced them and they argued.

My cards show up as boxes on Comcast's website too, but VOD is working fine. Once again the area-dependent nature of how all this stuff works (and is billed for) on Comcast is apparent.

My cards show up as boxes on Comcast's website too, but VOD is working fine. Once again the area-dependent nature of how all this stuff works (and is billed for) on Comcast is apparent.

Indeed....Nat'l Repair echoes this by saying Comcast is not only fragmented locally, each region uses different billing systems. So anyone reading forums here, on TiVo, or Comcast has a slim chance of getting the issue fixed using experience that customers have posted. A billing code used in Chicago wont work in Oregon or California as those codes are not used.

Just yesterday executive level support emailed me saying Xfinity On demand was not available in my area (Nashville) even though the zip code check on Tivo and Comcast Nat'l Repair says its live in my area. I even got an email this morning from TiVo saying it was live here. Horrible, horrible service by Comcast. I spent 18 hours over two days and an hour of driving to and from the local service center in Murfreesboro working on this. Not even close to fixed. Nobody knows about anything here in TN.

Nat'l Repair advised they are working on training manuals for dissemination to training divisions....but who knows how long this will take.

My issue is that billing says that whatever code they think is right will not "stick" in the field they place it in....saying my cable card is not paired, yet I view all channels. Cable Card support says my card is paired fine, billing just needs to input the correct code.

I'm done. Hopefully someone will fix this. 5 Tweets and 4 emails from executive support Comcast have not yielded any fruit.

Indeed....Nat'l Repair echoes this by saying Comcast is not only fragmented locally, each region uses different billing systems. So anyone reading forums here, on TiVo, or Comcast has a slim chance of getting the issue fixed using experience that customers have posted. A billing code used in Chicago wont work in Oregon or California as those codes are not used.

Just yesterday executive level support emailed me saying Xfinity On demand was not available in my area (Nashville) even though the zip code check on Tivo and Comcast Nat'l Repair says its live in my area. I even got an email this morning from TiVo saying it was live here. Horrible, horrible service by Comcast. I spent 18 hours over two days and an hour of driving to and from the local service center in Murfreesboro working on this. Not even close to fixed. Nobody knows about anything here in TN.

Nat'l Repair advised they are working on training manuals for dissemination to training divisions....but who knows how long this will take.

My issue is that billing says that whatever code they think is right will not "stick" in the field they place it in....saying my cable card is not paired, yet I view all channels. Cable Card support says my card is paired fine, billing just needs to input the correct code.

I'm done. Hopefully someone will fix this. 5 Tweets and 4 emails from executive support Comcast have not yielded any fruit.

I live in Gwinnett County, GA and noticed the On Demand app was there on Saturday. I tried it and all I got was either a notice to call Comcast (on the main Roamio) and the first 5 seconds of any show I picked on my Mini units. I called Comcast service and after some troubleshooting with the rep, he transferred me to Tivo support. The Tivo rep was very knowledgeable and walked me through several screens and determined that the CableCard I had for months was never paired! He got another Comcast rep, Level 2, on the phone and after trying to hit the card, he gave up and said I would need to have a tech come to my house. I said ok, I will call again later. I called on Sunday and got a Comcast rep and started fresh. I told her my issue and she said she saw the card and would send it a hit but it would take on hour for it to finish. I tried later on and bingo, it worked flawlessly on my main Roamio and my Minis! I guess I got lucky and ended up talking to a rep that knew what she was doing.